Improvement in rub-irons for wagon-reaches



A. B. WEBSTER; Rub-Irons for Wagon-Reaches.

No. 213,267. Patented Mar; IL 1879.

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WITNESSES j 1%RENTOR ATTORNEY Nr'rEn PATENT FFICE.

ASAHEL B. WEBSTER, OF OHARDON, OHIO.

lMPROVElVlENT IN RUB-IRONS FOR WAGON-REACHES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 213,267, dated March 11, 1879; application filed November 9, 1878.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ASAHEL B. WEBSTER, of Ghardon, in the county of Geauga and State of Ohio, have invented a new and valuable Improvement in Roller Rub -Irons for VVagon- Beaches; and Ido hereby declare that the following is a full, clear and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure 1 of the drawings is abottom view of my invention applied to a running-gear. Fig.2 is a longitudinal section of the same. Fig. 3 is a vertical cross-section thereof. Fig. 4 is a detached view of the bearing-plate upon the sway-bar.

This invention has relation to improvements in the running-gear of farm-wagons and other vehicles. I

The object of the invention is, mainly, to facilitate the act of turning in vehicles havin g a king-bolt attachment of the reach to thefore axle, by reducing to a minimum the friction of the said reach upon the sway-bar connectin g the rear ends of the hounds.

To this end the nature of the invention consists in the combination, with the sway-bar of a vehicle, and a reach passing over the same and secured by a king-bolt to the front axle, of an anti-friction roller on the under side of said reach and traversing upon a rub-plate on the sway-bar, whereby the above results are effectually attained, as will be hereinafter more fully explained.

In the annexed drawings, the letter A designates the front axle; B, the rear axle; G, the hind hounds, rigidly secured to the rear axle between it and the bolster D; E, the hounds proper, secured to the fore axle between it and thefront bolster, D, and having secured thereto in the customary manner the tongue F. The hounds E extend beyond the fore axle, and

their rear ends are connected together by the usual sway-bar G.

H indicates the reach, connected to the front axle by a king-bolt, a, and, being carried between the hind hounds, G, rigidly secured to the rear axle, in the usual mode. The sway-bar G has upon its upper face a metallic bearingplate, I). In the under side of the reach is formed a longitudinal recess, 0, at each end of which is secured an eyebolt, d, affording bearings to an anti-friction roller, 0, that traverses upon the plate I) of the sway-bar G. The reach has also upon its upper face a longitudinallyarranged friction-plate, f, that bears against a corresponding plate, g, upon the under side of a bridge, J, erected upon the hounds E in front of the sway-bar. This bridge serves as a .guide, in connection with the sway-bar, for

the reach, and tends to hold its roller 0 against the said sway-bar.

It is evident that the employment of a roller on the reach and bearing against the swaybar materially assists in the act of turning around, as by this means the friction of the parts is reduced to a minimum.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 18-:-

Thecombination of the reach H, provided with a recess on its lower side, a friction-roller, c, sitting within said recess and journaled in eyebolts d, the friction-plate f, secured to the upper side of said reach by means of said eyebolts (1, the hounds E, provided with a swaybar, G, adapted to move in contact with the friction-roller c, and a bridge, J, having afriction-plate, g, sliding upon the friction-platej, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two witnesses.

ASAHEL BRAINARD WEBSTER.

Witnesses:

ERNEST P. WILMor, WILLIS S. METOALFE. 

